Transition Metals in Biochemistry [electronic resource] /

Transition metal ions in biological systems are of interest in biology, biochemistry, chemistry, medicine, and physics. Scien­ tists with rather different viewpoints, employing many methods, have contributed to this area. A concise review of the current state of the field will, to some extent, reflect the special knowledge of the person writing it - in this case application of physical methods to the investigation of metal coordination. x­ ray diffraction is one of the most important of these methods, but a useful treatment of X-ray structure analysis would be com­ parable in size with and beyond the scope of the monograph. Many results of X-ray diffraction studies are, of course, presented. Electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy has played a major part in the rapid advance in knowledge of the electronic struc­ tures of transition metal ions in biological systems. More gener­ ally, measurements involving light, microwaves, and magnetic fields are capable of producing much new information, and the required instrumentation is available at most research institu­ tions. Therefore light absorption and paramagnetic resonance are treated in depth. The principles described in the latter discus­ sions are broadly applicable, for example to the promising tech­ niques of X-ray spectroscopy (utilizing synchrotron radiation) and lanthanide-perturbed, very high-resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

Bibliographic Details

Main Authors:	Brill, Arthur S. author., SpringerLink (Online service)
Format:	Texto biblioteca
Language:	eng
Published:	Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 1977
Subjects:	Life sciences., Biochemistry., Life Sciences., Biochemistry, general., Biomedicine general.,
Online Access:	http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-81148-7
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